Heathy's Isle of Dread Thread

Game Master Heathansson

Tell those spooky bastards to knock it off! (edit....the Chinese haxXOrz, not Ross n Gary).

Tell them I don't know that guy's name, the Nobel Peace Prize is a sham, and it's all good! They should allow communication with the U.S.A. anyway because we're all politically uninformed to a degree that a totalitarianist could only dream of.

Anyway's, I did take Mon and Tue off for a bit of a holiday, seeing as I'm on call this next weekend; so I might be around a bit.

Yah who can remember that Nobel guy's name anyway. Liu Shoe or something.

And the problem with me connecting is the feeds, not that my IP is blocked. Stupid me.

Anyway's, I did take Mon and Tue off for a bit of a holiday, seeing as I'm on call this next weekend; so I might be around a bit.

Just as soon as I say that my router shits the bed and cacks.....

Off to read the Jennifer Morgue.

Off to read the Jennifer Morgue.

A most awesome series. I wonder if Stross has another one coming?

There's a fourth Laundry book as well as some other things forthcoming. Check out his Facebook page.

Yay Totalitarianism! ;P Let's have the JGG drop that Wall of Thorns at his turn where Altai said. Elgan will take teh effect of the Haste, then grow to Treant and whallop some pigclopses when they get within his Large reach. ;)

I should (read= MIGHT) be on through Christmas. Then traveling for a week. Intermittent at best during that time. Should be back to 'normal' (NOT that that word applies to me in any way!) by Jan 3.

There's a fourth Laundry book as well as some other things forthcoming. Check out his Facebook page.

Fourth? You mean there's a third? F&$! facebook, I'm going to Amazon.

Sorry guys, see the discussion thread for lame (but oh so true) excuses ... gonna try to get this mapped at some point. Mapping is so much harder when I'm at home and don't have easy access to my normal cad program or graph paper ...

EDIT: Well, it's past midnight and I still haven't managed to find that graph paper ... will try to map and post tomorrow my time guys. Hopefully I'm not holding things up further as it seems that Heath has internet problems right at the moment anyway.

and I'm back; they sent the tower really quick.

Yay Totalitarianism! ;P Let's have the JGG drop that Wall of Thorns at his turn where Altai said. Elgan will take teh effect of the Haste, then grow to Treant and whallop some pigclopses when they get within his Large reach. ;)

I should (read= MIGHT) be on through Christmas. Then traveling for a week. Intermittent at best during that time. Should be back to 'normal' (NOT that that word applies to me in any way!) by Jan 3.

Oh....actual game talk....

Where do youse guys want the wall of thorns?

Beldan cranks his crossbow, moves to R29 and hides behind giant giant Gjetost. Stealth: 1d20 + 33 ⇒ (17) + 33 = 50. The idea being if they can’t see me I might be able to get a ranged sneak attack on one of them when they move a little closer.

right on.

Assuming the wall needs to be continuous, it fills these squares:

O-V 15
O-V 16
O-R 17
O-R 18
O-R 19
O-R 20
O-P 21
O-P 22

That'll secure our flank and funnel the pigclopses right at Stig and Gjetost. The wall is 10' tall.

Righto.

I guess Altai went, Beldan's holding action, Elgan went, Pip went,

Stiggy, Claw, Gjetost, Vilya are up to bat;

I guess Hnoss is holding action;

oh, and the Jolly Green Giant that Elgan summoned didn't do nothin'...

Assuming the wall needs to be continuous, it fills these squares:

O-V 15
O-V 16
O-R 17
O-R 18
O-R 19
O-R 20
O-P 21
O-P 22

That'll secure our flank and funnel the pigclopses right at Stig and Gjetost. The wall is 10' tall.

Woah...that's battlefield control.

Uh-huh. The JGG's action is to summon up all those thorns. It gets a 10' cube of thorny wall per HD, so...

Oh. duuh...
so I guess Elgan's holding action too; though he prolly can't reach anybody from the second rank, as it were.

Claw delays. Gjetost lobs some rocks into the onrushing mob. Attack 1: 13+11-1(size increase)+1(haste)+3(bard)=AC 27, damage 2d6+17+3(bard)=28. Attack 2: 11+6-1(size increase)+1(haste)+3(bard)=AC 20, damage 2d6+17+3(bard)=24. Attack 3 (bonus from haste): 14+11-1(size increase)+1(haste)+3(bard)=AC 28, damage 2d6+17+3(bard)=29. All attacks go against the closest pigclops, i.e. the one in KL 17-18.

With that, I think it's only Vilya and Stig to go. How about just assuming they delay until the pigclopses get into melee range?

Sounds like a safe assumption...Gjetost hits two out of three times; ...the blows seem blunted a bit, but there's the sound of cracked ribs and squealing.

Gotta work out their positions; back in a little.

gh17-18 charges to op 26-27; GETS TO ATTACK GJETOST.

CD17-18 moves to op 28-29; NO ATTACK.

EF 15-16 moves to qr 20-21; NO ATTACK; Aoo possible from Gj, Stig, Claw, and JGG.

kl 17-18 moves to qr 22-23; NO ATTACK; Aoo possible from Gj; stiggy; claw; jgg.

IJ 15-16 moves to OP 24-25; NO ATTACK; no aoo.

MN 11-12 moves to NO 23-24; NO ATTACK

KL 13-14 moves to QR 30-31; doesn't see Beldan; NO ATTACK.

CD 13-14 moves to MN 25-26. NO ATTACK.

GH 13-14 moves to MN 27-28; NO ATTACK.

EF 11-12 moves to OP 30-31; NO ATTACK.

IJ 11-12 moves to MN 21-22; NO ATTACK.

GH 9-10 moves to LM 23-24; NO ATTACK.

KL 9-10 moves to MN 29-30; NO ATTACK.

before the one who attacks GJETOST GOES, it's Beldan, Vilya, Elgan, Stiggy, Claw's go, all of whom are holding actions.

Beldan point-blank fires at the one that moves to Q-R 30-31 when it moves within 30 feet of him: 1d20 + 18 ⇒ (7) + 18 = 25 Damage: 1d8 + 10 + 6d6 ⇒ (1) + 10 + (4, 3, 2, 2, 2, 5) = 29 (including sneak attack damage) plus 1d6 ⇒ 6 electrical damage.

The bolt blows clean through the one eyed pig...he considers Beldan now with his solitary winker....can't really attack him til next round though; he moved to far, and to crookedly to charge...

The bolt blows clean through the one eyed pig...he considers Beldan now with his solitary winker....can't really attack him til next round though; he moved to far, and to crookedly to charge...

By the way, any of the other bad guys who have direct line of sight to Beldan can now see him too despite his high stealth roll, as they are close enough and he does not have hide in plain sight.

Oh, yeah;...Hnoss squeezes s21; deals 12 h.p. to the pig at qr 21-22.
Jolly Green can attack over her.

dungeonmaster heathy wrote:

The bolt blows clean through the one eyed pig...he considers Beldan now with his solitary winker....can't really attack him til next round though; he moved to far, and to crookedly to charge...

By the way, any of the other bad guys who have direct line of sight to Beldan can now see him too despite his high stealth roll, as they are close enough and he does not have hide in plain sight.

YIPES!!!

before the one who attacks GJETOST GOES, it's Vilya, Elgan, Stiggy, Claw's go, all of whom are holding actions...

Okies, in his Large Treant-form Egan has reach, and with his Pip'ed Haste he will reach over whoever is in front of him and do a drumroll on a piggie-clops head!

Oh, and in Treant-form with Haste my AC is now a respectable AC:30. Adding in the Barkskin, AC:35

3 Druid-treant-whallops on piggie-skulls,... (2 normal, 1 hasted)

1d20 + 20 ⇒ (1) + 20 = 211d8 + 16 + 1d6 + 1d6 ⇒ (6) + 16 + (3) + (1) = 261d20 + 20 ⇒ (5) + 20 = 251d8 + 16 + 1d6 + 1d6 ⇒ (3) + 16 + (6) + (6) = 311d20 + 20 ⇒ (6) + 20 = 261d8 + 16 + 1d6 + 1d6 ⇒ (3) + 16 + (1) + (6) = 26

Okay,... I think those are some of the WORSE electronic rolls I have EVER gotten! And I have had a few bad ones in my time! ;P

EF 15-16 moves to qr 20-21; NO ATTACK; Aoo possible from Gj, Stig, Claw, and JGG.

...

before the one who attacks GJETOST GOES, it's Beldan, Vilya, Elgan, Stiggy, Claw's go, all of whom are holding actions.

AoOs first:

Claw then pops the same pigclops two more times with his oversize bladed gauntlets.

Attack 1: 11+16=AC 27, damage 3d8+8=20. Attack 2: 13+16=AC 29, damage 3d8+8=22. I assume that, being mindless, he gets no benefit from bardic music.

3 Druid-treant-whallops on piggie-skulls,... (2 normal, 1 hasted)

Sadly, you need to move more than 5' to get to the pigclops in QR 22-23, so you only get one attack.

Yeah; Elgan'll reach him.
Doing some math's....mostly h.p. subtraction so I should handle it;
Elgan's at uv 22-23 now I reckon.

And Elgan's one attack is a miss...

dungeonmaster heathy wrote:

EF 15-16 moves to qr 20-21; NO ATTACK; Aoo possible from Gj, Stig, Claw, and JGG.

...

before the one who attacks GJETOST GOES, it's Beldan, Vilya, Elgan, Stiggy, Claw's go, all of whom are holding actions.

AoOs first:

Jolly Green Giant 11+21+1(haste)+3(bard)=AC 36, damage 2d8+21+3(bard)=34.
Gjetost: 11+20-1(size increase)+1(haste)+3(bard)=AC 34, damage 3d8+18+3(bard)=33.
Claw: 12+16=AC 28, damage 3d8+8=21.

Claw then pops the same pigclops two more times with his oversize bladed gauntlets.

Attack 1: 11+16=AC 27, damage 3d8+8=20. Attack 2: 13+16=AC 29, damage 3d8+8=22. I assume that, being mindless, he gets no benefit from bardic music.

Yeah. He's not moved by Maggie Mae or anything, good or bad....

The one in question takes a massive blitz of claws and stuff; he's still barely standing, meat hanging off of his bones though, in flappy chunks of gore.

before the one who attacks GJETOST GOES, it's Vilya, Stiggy's go; the guys who are holding actions...

That wall o' thorns was pretty kick ass.

Yeah, that's what I was thinking.

Oh, yeah;...Hnoss squeezes s21; deals 12 h.p. to the pig at qr 21-22.

Jolly Green can attack over her.

Claw's in ST 21-22. Hnoss can be in front of the big plant-man in S20, or between Claw and Stig in S23.

Yeah, that's what I was thinking.

dungeonmaster heathy wrote:

Oh, yeah;...Hnoss squeezes s21; deals 12 h.p. to the pig at qr 21-22.

Jolly Green can attack over her.

Claw's in ST 21-22. Hnoss can be in front of the big plant-man in S20, or between Claw and Stig in S23.

She'll take s20.

... Stiggy's go...

Stig's got that silver sword/axe/halberd/whatzit he picked off the dead githyanki; if these guys are lychantropes, things will get seriously ugly on his turn. *gets popcorn*

8 days til the Bestiary II comes out....I better click another encounter in the chamber to killz time I reckon. ;)

it's midnite, so 7 days and a wakeup I reckon.

it's midnite, so 7 days and a wakeup I reckon.

Found a spare minute. Got my Bestiary yesterday ..very sweet. And Lords of Madness II ..sweet. Going to drop a few archery rolls for battle. Plug them in where they are needed.

Info:

Hasted/bard songed Bowing attacks per rd:

Let's get this one out of the way too, so that the pigclopses can act. Stig's AoO: 11+23+1(haste)+3(bard)=AC 38 damage 2d8+17+3(bard)=31. This damage counts as magic and silver.

The pigclops that gets to attack, then those of us who delayed. Fight!

Stig drops the pig at qr 20-21...

The attacker...

OP 26-27 lays into gjetost. His eye resonates; blurrs eerily, and his axe comes down on gjetost.
He crits the stone giant for 96 h.p. in damage, minus whatever excellent d.r. Gjetost has.
(edit..just checked; Gjetost has DR 10/evil, so that means he took 86 h.p. in damage from the critical blow).

And they all scream their horrid pack of pigs scream.....

Stig, Vilya holding action; then everybody's go....I guess we can rotate through the order and those two can do a bunch of shit on their turn.

Altai runs back along the bridge to get a better look around the milling giants. Once he finds a good vantage point he aims his Staff of fire into the scrum and lets go...

Move to AD 28 before casting another Fireball. It goes off in the MN 26-27 intersection and hits all of them except the one in MN 21-22. Damage 33 fire, Reflex 20 for half.

Mnaaaar!!!

The only one that saved is in pq 30-31; Beldan's bolt hit that one before....they're crispy, but this Luau is far from over....they all stand besides the one Stiggy aoo'd out of it.

Gjetost has DR 10. Still, that was a hell of a hit.

"Hnoss, Elgan! I need healing quick, or I shall be overwhelmed!" Gjetost lashes out at the assembled pigclopses, keeping them at bay until the healers arrive.

Gjetost can't really get anywhere, so he stands his ground. Attack 1: 13+19+1(haste)+3(bard)-3(power attack)=AC 33, damage 3d8+17+3(bard)+9(power attack)=48. Attack 2: 14+14+1(haste)+3(bard)-3(power attack)=AC 29, damage 3d8+17+3(bard)+9(power attack)=41. Attack 3(bonus from haste): 11+19+1(haste)+3(bard)-3(power attack)=AC 31, damage 3d8+17+3(bard)+9(power attack)=40. Attacks go agains the guy in QR 30-31, then, if applicable, the one in OP 30-31.

Claw pounds away at the pigclops in front of him.

Attack 1: 10+16=AC 26, damage 11+8=19. Attack 2: 20!+16=AC 36, crit confirm 12+16=AC 28, damage 12+8=20x2=40.

The Jolly Green Giant delays until Hnoss gets out of the way. Beldan, Vilya, Elgan, Stig and Pip still to go.

QR 30-31 falls after Gjetost throttles him three times. Two down...

Claw's foe is hit both times by the Golem's namesake mitts, but doesn't yet fall.

Hnoss moves behind Claw, around Elgan, and squeezing crampedly makes it to U25; she can't bust the heal yet (she's not hasted is she?) but she can next round.....